Choline

C5H14NO+CAS 62-49-7104.17 g/mol

N+OH
AlcoholQuaternary ammonium

Properties

Molecular formula
C5H14NO+
Molar mass
104.17 g/mol
Exact mass
104.1075 Da
Melting point
232–233 °C (decomposes)
Boiling point
155–230 °C
logP
-0.32Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
20.2 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
2

Hazards

Danger
Flammable (GHS02)Corrosive (GHS05)Health Hazard (GHS08)

Aggregated from 149 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P203, P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P260, P264, P264+P265, P270, P280, P301+P330+P331, P302+P361+P354, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P308+P316, P316, P317, P318, P321, P363, P370+P378, P403+P235, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
62-49-7
SMILES
C[N+](C)(C)CCO
InChIKey
OEYIOHPDSNJKLS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H14NO/c1-6(2,3)4-5-7/h7H,4-5H2,1-3H3/q+1

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Names and synonyms

8 names
  • Ethanaminium, 2-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-
  • 2-Hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethylethanaminium
  • Bilineurine
  • (2-Hydroxyethyl)trimethylammonium
  • Choline ion
  • Choline cation
  • Nanoveson C
  • Vitamin J

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

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